Torch Song Trilogy
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:02:02
I think my biggest problem
is being young and beautiful.

:02:09
It's my biggest problem
because I've never been

:02:12
young and beautiful.
:02:13
Oh, I've been beautiful,
I've been young,

:02:16
but never the twain
have met.

:02:19
Not so as anyone
would notice.

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A shrink acquaintance of mine
believes this to be

:02:25
The root of my attraction
to a class of men

:02:29
subtly described
as old and ugly.

:02:31
He's underestimating
my wheedles.

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See, a ugly person
who goes after a pretty person

:02:37
Gets nothing but trouble,
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But a pretty person
who goes after a ugly person

:02:43
gets at least cab fare.
:02:45
I ain't sayin' I never
fell for a pretty face.

:02:49
But when LES JEUX
SONT FAITS,

:02:51
Give me a toad
with a pot of gold,

:02:55
I'll give you
three meals a day.

:02:57
Ain't no toad
when the lights go down.

:03:00
It's daylight
you got to watch out for.

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A thing of beauty
is a joy till sunrise.

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There's another group
:03:09
you got to watch
your food stamps around.

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THE HOPELESS.
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They break down
into three major categories--

:03:17
MARRIED,
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JUST IN FOR THE WEEKEND,
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TERMINALLY STRAIGHT.
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Those affairs are the worst!
:03:28
You go into them
with your eyes open,

:03:31
knowing all the limitations,
accepting them maturely.

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THEN WHAM, BAM!
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You're writing letters
to DEAR ABBY

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And burning black candles
at midnight.

:03:41
And you ask yourself,
"what happened?"

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I'll tell you.
You got what you wanted.

:03:46
The person who thinks
they're mature enough

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to handle an affair that's
hopeless from the beginning

:03:53
Is the same person that keeps
gothic romance publishers

:03:56
up to their tragic endings
in mink.

:03:59
What do you think?
Gorgeous, HUH?


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